Read and paint by true daylight, in any room you like.
If you can read your book by the window in the morning, but it is hard work under a lamp at night, that is usually the light, not your eyes. The HD Mini puts real daylight on your page and runs for 4.5 hours on one charge. You have 30 days at home, and returns are free.
If you can read your book by the window, but it is hard work under a lamp at night, that is usually the light, not your eyes. The HD Mini puts real daylight on your page, for 4.5 hours on one charge. You have 30 days at home, and returns are free.
Alex Pratt OBE | Founder
Or call free on 0800 032 9364, Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm
What changes when you turn on the HD Mini.
When small print gets harder in the evenings, most people put it down to their eyes. After forty years we can tell you it is usually the light. At 60 your eyes need three times the light they did at 20. Three things change at the first switch-on.
You can read small print in the evening again.
You can make out your medicine bottle, the footnotes in your book and your crossword clues. An ordinary bulb leaves gaps in its spectrum; Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds the full daylight spectrum and puts 3,700 lux of it on your page.
You can read in whichever room you choose.
You can pick the HD Mini up and take it from the kitchen table to your desk to your bedside. One charge lasts 4.5 hours, the whole evening.
You can dim it to suit your eyes.
It dims all the way down, from full daylight to a lower level for late reading, and you bend the flexible arm to put the light exactly where you want it.
The Serious Readers story
I built the first HD Light for my mum.
When my mum began losing her sight to macular degeneration, she asked me to find her a better reading lamp. I bought thirty-seven lamps, spread them across my dining table and dismantled every one. Some produced glare, some washed the colour out, and some lit the ceiling instead of her book.
So I built her the first High Definition home reading light, and she carried on reading, independent, at home. Every light we design descends from hers.
This is the difference on your page.
An ordinary bulb only looks white: its spectrum has gaps, and your eyes work harder to fill them in, which is one reason reading tires them. Daylight has a continuous spectrum, and Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds it, so the contrast between black print and white paper comes back.
An ordinary bulb only looks white: its spectrum has gaps, and your eyes work harder to fill them in. Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds the full spectrum.
Choose my HD MiniSmall print stays clear in any room you take the HD Mini to.
Choose Heritage White or Black and add it to your basket.
Choose Heritage White or Black and add it to your basket.
High Definition Mini Table Light
Daylight Wavelength Technology™, the full daylight spectrum, from a cordless light that charges your phone too.
Daylight Wavelength Technology™, from a cordless light.
Perfect if you read in more than one place: your desk, the kitchen table, your bed.
£149.99both finishes
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30 days at home, with free returns if it is not right
1-year warranty, from a company forty years old
Free UK delivery by Royal Mail, with you in three to five working days
UK delivery by Royal Mail, with you in three to five working days
HD Mini specifications
The whole light weighs 1.5kg and stands 51cm tall, so it works as a desk or bedside light, and moves rooms in one hand.
3,700 lux of daylight lands on your page at 50cm, and you can dim it all the way down. The colour of the light is 4,000K and it scores 98 on the standard colour measure, so black print stays black and paper stays white rather than turning yellow under it.
One charge runs 4.5 hours at full brightness and up to 18 hours dimmed, and a full recharge takes about four. The battery lasts over 500 charges, and it can charge your phone or tablet too. It draws 5 watts, which costs pennies a week.
Take the daylight with you.
Do your crossword at the kitchen table.
You set the HD Mini down beside your coffee, and the print is as clear as it is by the window on a bright morning.
Read all afternoon in the living room.
You carry it over in one hand, bend the arm to your book, and keep reading long after the light outside has gone.
Finish your chapter in bed.
You turn the brightness down, read as long as you like, and switch off without getting up.
What opticians tell their patients.
More than 500 UK opticians recommend a Serious Light to their patients. These five say why.
Lighting has a huge impact on our ability to see. Serious Readers lights are well designed, simple to use, and provide accurate colour and detail representation.
Serious Reader Lights simulate strong natural daylight, relieving eye fatigue and improving reading. The range of styles, warranty and customer care means I recommend with confidence.
The clarity a Serious Readers lamp provides is second to none. Patients are amazed at the difference. Just like correct prescription glasses, the right lighting is so important.
Serious Lights are among the best I have come across. They provide natural, high quality light that improves comfort and clarity, easily adjusted to direct light exactly where needed.
The right light is as important as the right glasses. It reduces strain for close work, vital for anyone with cataracts or macular degeneration. Patients really appreciate the difference.
▶ Watch optometrist Tracey Taylor explain why.
What owners tell us.
From more than 10,000 five-star reviews across our range.
I can see the actual black ink in my books and can even see where some letters have more ink on than others.Mrs Nile, Folkestone
▶ Hear what owners have to say.
“Excellent for all crafts embroidery, painting, watercolours, pencil drawing, lace making as well as reading.”
Mrs Donoghue, York
“Excellent as a bedside light and for reading small print.”
Mr Cheyne, Orpington
“Not cheap but well worth the quality of life you get from these lights. My eyesight is too precious to waste time with inferior lighting.”
Mrs Thoday, Market Rasen
Before you order.
A few straight answers.
What makes this different from an ordinary table lamp?
An ordinary lamp is built to light a room, and its bulb only looks white: the spectrum has gaps your eyes work to fill in. Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds the full daylight spectrum, and the HD Mini runs on its own battery, so you can read by daylight in whichever room you take it to.
Is 4.5 hours of battery enough?
For most evenings it is more than enough, and a full recharge takes about four hours. Dimmed right down, one charge lasts up to 18 hours.
Is it a lot to pay for a small lamp?
It is more than a battery lamp from a catalogue costs, and it does a different job. A cheap LED is built on a blue chip that leaves gaps across the spectrum, so it looks bright while the print stays hard work.
The HD Mini rebuilds the full daylight spectrum. You have 30 days to test the difference on your own book, and if you cannot see it, returns are free.
Is the HD Mini right for me, or should I look at a floor light?
The HD Mini is the right choice if you read in more than one place and want to carry your light with you.
If you read in one place every evening, a Serious floor light puts more light on your page from a bigger beam. If you are weighing it up, call free on 0800 032 9364 and an adviser will go through it with you.
Will it help with macular degeneration or cataracts?
Serious Lights are not medical devices. What they do is put far more usable light on your book.
Customers living with AMD, cataracts and poor eyesight tell us print looks sharper and higher in contrast under one. The home trial lets you find out with your own eyes.
Read by one at home for 30 days, and if it is not for you, send it back free for a full refund.
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Try it at home.
The reason to try one is the difference it makes to your reading. Quote at checkout or on the phone.
Choose my HD MiniYou have 30 days to read by it, and if it is not right, you send it back free for a full refund.
Or call free on 0800 032 9364, Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.